Unfortunately, last week I caught the sick bug. I tried to recover over the weekend with my never-fail mom-taught remedies: orange juice, chicken noodle soup, and lots of sleep. No such luck. No one likes being sick. Even more so, no one likes having a bad boss. So as I am feeling under the weather today, lets pretend that for the week, this virus is my bad boss and compare the two.

1. Your time and efforts seem wasted
• No matter how hard you try to do everything as you would when you are not sick, you just can't work at that normal capacity. Sometimes it feels like you are moving in slow motion, or have to double check your work because your head feels so groggy. A bad boss wastes your time too. You spend less time on the actual assignment than you should and your efforts pass right through deaf ears. It seems that no matter how much time you spend carefully working around her or making sure your work fits her vision exactly, they find problems with it.
2. You try to avoid spreading the germs
• Thank you to all the people that wash their hands more, work from home, and avoid shaking hands when they are sick. You know this bug is dragging you down and it is the one kind of sharing that is not good. A bad boss is the same - you don't wish your situation on anyone even your enemies. It just seems like lose-lose.
3. The situation annoys everyone but no one says anything
• Whether it is a dry cough like mine (*cough*) or a runny nose, every time you clear your congested lungs everyone around you cringes. But of course no one says anything to be polite. A bad boss makes decisions that usually affect other teams and people other than you. I have witnessed many people staying quiet to not cause undue controversy in the workplace. I wish more people would be honest and have the company's best intentions at heart so that someone is not singled out as the martyr.